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Mon, Jan 17, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 1, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1100806124
DAL0921305227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 7:30LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Anze Kopitar · Deflected, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:38DALLoui ErikssonPPAssists: Brad Richards, Mike Ribeiro · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:59DALJamie LangenbrunnerPPGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:39LAKKyle Clifford: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 8:56LAKDustin Brown: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:16LAKMatt Greene: Delaying game2 min
  4. P1 18:33DALBrad Richards: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:24LAKMatt Greene: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:00LAKBrad Richardson: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:56DALJeff Woywitka: Boarding2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Burish won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDAL
24Shots on goal27
1.4Expected goals1.9
45Shot attempts53
31Faceoffs won25
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
28Hits37
13Blocked shots15
6Giveaways2
4Takeaways10

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Williams – Kopitar11:10

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Richardson – Lewis – Clifford4:04

    xG 0.15–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Ponikarovsky – Westgarth4:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Ponikarovsky – Clifford3:27

    xG 0.00–0.02 (15%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Doughty13:47

    xG 0.40–0.22 (65%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Martinez8:36

    xG 0.03–0.05 (43%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Martinez7:12

    xG 0.12–0.15 (43%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Eriksson – Neal10:11

    xG 0.29–0.04 (87%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Langenbrunner – Morrow – Ribeiro10:07

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Barch – Burish – Wandell2:23

    xG 0.02–0.01 (72%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn2:13

    xG 0.01–0.06 (15%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Daley13:25

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Woywitka – Fistric2:21

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Skrastins – Daley3:35

    xG 0.03–0.05 (37%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

DAL 1.9 xGLAK 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #783 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

Simulated goal difference (DAL − LAK), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).